Critical Hermeneutics

Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives in Turkey on the Understanding and Interpretation of the Qur'an
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-53786-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 22, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 505 g

Reihe: Texts and Studies on the Qur'an

The Turkish market of Qur’anic translations and studies is exceedingly oversaturated. Critics find some of these lacking in proper hermeneutical judgment, impelling them to reflect on the conditions of judicious Qur’anic exegesis. These reflections have remained relatively unexplored in English academic literature. In Critical Hermeneutics, Çelik explores and compares the hermeneutical philosophies of three Turkish intellectuals, namely Alpyagil, Cündioglu, and Öztürk. By exploring their philosophical views on subjectivity and objectivity in the context of interpreting the Qur’an, Çelik draws major implications for reading the Qur’an in new and different ways.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Çelik, Yusuf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Koran, Heilige Texte & Traditionsliteratur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Notes on Citations

1 Introduction

1 Status of prior Research

2 The Ankara School: History and Hermeneutics

3 A Return to Theoretical Deliberation

4 The Problem of Subjectivity–Objectivity

5 Overall Structure and Conceptual Framework

2 What Is Qur?anic Hermeneutics?

1 Introduction

2 Körner’s Study of Revisionist Qur?anic Hermeneutics

3 An Alternative Definition of Qur?anic Hermeneutics

4 Cross-Cultural Hermeneutics

5 Qur?anic Hermeneutics and the Statement

6 Conclusion

3 A Case against Subjectivity and Relativism: The Hermeneutics of Dücane Cündioglu

1 Introduction

2 The Meaning of Understanding the Qur?an

3 Hermeneutical Beginnings

4 Qur?anic Hermeneutics and Subjectivity

5 Polysemy, Subjectivity, and the Qur?an

6 The Natural Relations of Expressions

7 Hermeneutics in Practice

8 The Evaporation of Meaning and the Qur?an

9 Objectivity, Subjectivity, and the Justification of Interpretations

10 The Qur?an as a Linguistic Event

11 Lisan and kelam

12 The Diachronic Aspects of Understanding

13 Conclusive Remarks

4 Subjective Bearing Is More Fundamental to Understanding Than Objective Method: The Hermeneutics of Recep Alpyagil

1 Introduction

2 The Problem of Private Language and Subjectivist Qur?anic Readings

3 The Qur?an and Art

4 Seeing-as

5 Faith and History

6 Closing Remarks

5 Between Subjective Scruples and Objective Historical Reconstruction: The Hermeneutics of Mustafa Öztürk

1 Introduction

2 Rehabilitating the Historical

3 The Two Stages of Interpretation: Reconstruction and Mediation

4 Reconstruction: An Archaeology of Meaning

5 Mediation

6 The Inescapable Particularity of Narratives

7 Rediscovering God

8 The Teleology of the Shari?a

9 Responding to Criticism

10 The Ethics of Interpretative Claims

11 Guarding the Lines between ta?rif and ta?wil

12 Concluding Remarks

6 Truth, Subjectivity, and Method

1 Introduction

2 Truth and Spirituality

3 Subjectivity and Truth

4 Objectivity and Language

5 Conclusion

7 Surplus and Futurity of Meaning: The Status of New and Divergent Readings of the Qur?an

1 Introduction

2 The Surplus of Meaning and the Double Significance of Symbols

3 Excess and Futurity

4 The Surplus and Futurity of Meaning in Turkish Qur?an Hermeneutics

5 Conclusion

8 Final Reflections on the State of Qur?anic Hermeneutics in Turkey

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yusuf Çelik, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities and Islam, and member of the research group Digital Approaches to Sacred Texts at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh on Qur’anic hermeneutics.